by Joey | Oct 2, 2015 | beauty, Loves
September’s Julep Maven box included a bonus polish for all subscribers, one of the many reasons I’m absolutely obsessed with Julep! Free polish!! This gorgeous magenta is an exclusive creme polish called XOXO. Such a perfect jewel tone for fall!
Julep claims that you’ll have stronger, more beautiful, conditioned nails in just 2 weeks thanks to their oxygen technology, allowing the nails to breathe. I didn’t think anything of it. A lot of companies make claims that don’t actually stand up just to get a product sold.
As someone who always has their nails painted, my nails were in pretty terrible condition. They were weak and riddled with calcium spots (thanks gel polish). I’ve been dying to feature a negative space manicure, but I couldn’t ever do it because the negative space would expose the calcium spots. Womp womp.
For the last two weeks, I’ve been wearing Julep brand nail polish (I find myself reaching for it over all others lately). When I removed my polish for this last manicure, I couldn’t believe the condition of my nails! Almost 100% calcium spot free!
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by Joey | Oct 1, 2015 | Throwback
Okay. So as you all know, I’ve been blogging for (wince) 7.5 years. I’ve never attended a conference. I’ve never read a blogging book. I’ve never taken an e-course or participated in a webinar. Well, that was until Wednesday night.
I’m going to be 100% honest here. Blogging can be a terrifying thing when you start to think about just how many blogs are on the internet. It’s easy to discount yourself, ask yourself why would anyone care? What I try to tell my friends when they ask me that question is there are always people out in the world who like the same things you do. You just have to find them.
Blogging has made me feel less alone when I was lonelier than ever. It’s given me some of my best friends. It’s taught me things I never knew I needed or wanted to know. It’s opened doors to interests and passions I didn’t even know I had. Blogging encouraged my love for nail polish…and you all know what that looks like now.
Last night, I got to hang out with about 300 other bloggers with my hair tied in a knot on top of my head wearing a sorority t-shirt from 2001 (yes, 2001, it was gifted down a “family” member). And it was so much freaking fun I can hardly stand it. Just being among people with such a passion for the very thing you’re passionate about awakens a fire in your soul.
I’d resisted these things in the past thinking they’d be chalk full of people desperate to make a quick buck. I’m all about making money blogging, but selling out is a whole other topic. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Just like anything else, blogging is something that requires you to constantly be learning. I’m ashamed to say that in my near 8 years, I haven’t invested in my blogging education at all. In my head, I justified it with the fact that my parents paid good money for my writing degree. That was all I needed, right?
But that’s just half the battle, friends. You can be the best writer in the world (I’m not, truth), but if you don’t know how to promote your hard work, you’ll just get lost in the sea of bloggers. Ask me how my book is doing. Yeah…
It’s been a good week here in BCHQ (Blush Communications Headquarters…like what I did there? ha), but last night’s webinar with Helene is definitely the sweet spot, hands down. I know a lot of us are careful with what we spend on our blogs, and we never know if our money will be worth it for a blogging course or webinar. If you’re even thinking about it, I’d recommend any of Helene’s courses. She knows her stuff and she actually wants you to succeed.
I’m a convert. There’s so much free information available at our fingertips about everything and anything (not just blogging). Get out there, find it, and soak it in!
I recently shared with my husband that I felt like my brain was empty. I do the same things every day, stuck in a comfort zone. I’ve been itching to go back to school. I’ve been researching classes and courses. It’s expensive, y’all. I have zero student loans (thanks Mom & Dad), and it’s a terrifying thought diving back into that world.
J had a good recommendation, find what’s out there and take advantage. And that’s what I’m here to encourage YOU to do, today. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I learned something this week. And it’s an awesome feeling.
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